loop-de-loop

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English

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) From ‘loop-the-loop’, referring to a plane or roller coaster doing a full 360 in the air. Basically, looping the loop. The ‘de’ in the middle is just an alternative form of the same phrase.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈluːp di ˌluːp/

Noun

loop-de-loop (plural loop-de-loops)

  1. (informal) Alternative form of loop-the-loop

Verb

loop-de-loop (third-person singular simple present loop-de-loops, present participle loop-de-looping, simple past and past participle loop-de-looped)

  1. (informal) Alternative form of loop the loop